Ventilation and Warming of Buildings, upon the Principles as Designed and Patented by Isaac D. Smead AND an Additional Laid-In Booklet

Toldeo, Ohio: Isaac D. Smead & Co, 1889. Cloth. Very Good +. The uncommon 1889 original printing, including a 66 pg. booklet ("A Partial List of Buildings Warmed and Ventilated by the Smead System -- With Some Official Reports from Boards of Education, Committees, Etc."). Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with just a hint of light soiling to the panels and discreet former owner stamps (one at the title, one at the half-title) and signature (at the front pastedown). 13 lovely chromolithographed plates --in vivid color-- complementing the text as well as a number of striking steel engravings. Quarto, very impressive late 19th century company catalogue and history.